Trans 101

Trans 101 is an interactive and exploratory presentation which reviews basic terminology, statistics, and best practices regarding the transgender umbrella. This presentation is truly a 101 and audiences can expect to leave with the proper building blocks in being a proactive ally. Target Audience: Open to any student, staff, or faculty member who is interested in becoming an ally for the LGBTQA+ community and learning more about gender and sexuality-related issues

Transgender and Non-binary Health in Oregon Under a Single-Payer Health System

As the state with the highest percentage of population who identifies as LGBTQ+, Oregon has a duty to provide adequate health protections and services to its transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) residents, particularly given the disparities TGNB individuals face in housing, employment, education, and health. Following recommendations from the Oregon Joint Task Force on Universal Health Care, Oregon should implement a single-payer health care system, with particular attention to: Protecting patient privacy in EHR and other systems, particularly for youth TGNB patients; Expanding the covered gender-affirming services and removing barriers such as cost-sharing and prior authorization, and; Recruiting TGNB providers and incentivizing further training in gender-affirming care. These changes must account for issues around lack of approved and advanced treatments for gender-affirming care, EHR health information sharing, and the lack of TGNB representation in the healthcare workforce. The cost-effectiveness combined with the improved outcomes from more comprehensive TGNB health will result in significant health cost savings. By partnering with EHR vendors, existing health systems and providers, medical and nursing schools, and the TGNB community, Oregon can become a national leader in TGNB health

Pronouns & Us: Pronoun use and the Impact on Mental Health

Pronouns handou

More than Pronouns: Why it Matters

Pronouns Infographi

Star image, celebrity reality television and the fame cycle

In this article, I discuss the phenomenon of celebrity reality television and explore its function for those participating in it. Drawing on the success of their non-celebrity counterparts, programmes such as Celebrity Big Brother, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here and Dancing With the Stars have become popular globally and, although arguably no longer at their peak, continue to attract large audiences and significant amounts of publicity. In the article I discuss the role these shows can serve for celebrities at different levels of their careers. I argue that reality television appeals in different ways to celebrities at different points in the fame ‘cycle’: ‘ordinary’ people or ‘pre-celebrities’ seeking to become known through it; proto-celebrities who wish to expand their fame; celebrities engaged in the work of promotion for their other endeavours; celebrities who wish to remake their existing star image through using reality television as a rehabilitative strategy or an opportunity to develop new skills; and those whose careers are in a period of ‘post-celebrity’ who seek to renew their fame. I explore how a successful reality show cast is one that combines celebrities who are at a range of points in the fame cycle as the interactions between the cast members and their debates about fame and hierarchy prove a key attraction for audiences

Senior to Senior Anti-Bullying Toolkit

People of all ages can be bullied. The Centre for Elder Research worked with Sheridan Professor Dr. Kirsten Madsen and Elder Abuse Prevention (ON) to better understand bullying between older adults age 55+ in Ontario. Our project aims were to collect data on the prevalence and nature of Senior to Senior bullying in Ontario, and to use this data to create this Toolkit outlining best practices and strategies for older adults and those working with older adults to stop bullying. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Bullying between Older Adults: What is Happening in Ontario”? The research focused on aims to support the development of best practices and strategies for this diverse population of older adults.https://source.sheridancollege.ca/centres_elder_seniors_anti-bullying_toolkit/1001/thumbnail.jp

La evisceración como causa de reintervención precoz: Consideraciones etiopatogénicas y profilácticas

Esta comunicación se referirá solamente a algunos puntosetiopatogénicos y profilácticos de las evisceraciones de las heridas abdominales

Short-term photochemical and biological unreactivity of macrophyte-derived dissolved organic matter in a subtropical shallow lake

Macrophytes have been associated with low bacterial metabolism in the littoral zones of lake Mangueira, but an explanation for this pattern is largely unknown. In this study, macrophyte-derived DOM was incubated in situ for the measurement of the effect of grazers, bacteria, and light on its degradation in three experiments. The water was separated in bulk, bacterial, and control (+ HgCl2) fractions and exposed to or hidden from sunlight for 120 h. Unchange in bacterial variables in the bulk fraction suggested a combined control of radiation and grazing on bacteria. Light treatment increased bacterial density but not biomass and biovolume, while bacterial density decreased in the dark. Significant fading of water color in the bacterial fraction only occurred after light exposure, indicating a complementary pathway of light and bacteria. DOC and the Abs250 : 365 ratio did not change with incubation, indicating no net change of DOC pool and reactivity. Due to continuous carbon loading from macrophytes and low UV irradiance, the very low rates of DOM degradation provide the mechanistic explanation for the observed impacts of macrophytes in lake’s carbon metabolism in littoral zones